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As with so many other computer disaster stories, the moral of this one is, always keep backups. Even if your data lives in the cloud, you still need off-line ba
by rwallace 13y ago
As with so many other computer disaster stories, the moral of this one is, always keep backups. Even if your data lives in the cloud, you still need off-line backups.
- born2web 13y agoCouldn't agree more. Coincidentally, early this morning, I received a notification email from a droplet i own. It(my security agent process) had noticed repeated attempts to login and that it had blocked the offending IP address. When i traced the IP address, it was from Digital Ocean's network! I am getting unnerved with all of this. Looks like DO is now a popular target for hackers. I would think the vast majority of droplets (despite their owners trying to keep things secure to the best of their knowledge) don't have much of a chance against a sustained attack by a capable and determined hacker. So yes, I agree that keeping as near to real-time backup as possible seems to be the only takeaway from all of this (assuming that we would want to continue with such a discount hosting provider).